Bock

Meaning

(masculine,strong) buck, ram; the male of certain animals, especially goat, sheep, and roedeer
(masculine,strong) a stubborn person
(masculine,strong) a man who is lecherous or sexually active
(informal,masculine,strong) a blunder, mistake
(masculine,strong) a seat for a coachman
(masculine,strong) an apparatus for performing jumps, similar to a vaulting horse but shorter.

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

[bɔk]

Etymology

From Middle High German boc, poc, from Old High German boc, from Proto-West Germanic *bukk. Cognate to English buck, Bavarian Bock, Dutch bok, Norwegian bukk, Swedish bock, Danish buk.